Source: United Nations 2003, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision <http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2002>, accessed 15 April 2003; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, <www.esa.un.org/unpp>, accessed 23 April 2003.

POPULATION PROJECTIONS(a)

Population

Median age

0-14 years

65 years and over

2005

2020

2050

2005

2020

2050

2005

2020

2050

2005

2020

2050

Country

million

million

million

years

years

years

%

%

%

%

%

%

Australia(b)

20.1

22.5

25.6

36.5

40.1

43.7

19.4

16.9

16.3

12.8

17.3

23.9

Canada

32.0

35.2

39.1

38.9

43.0

45.8

17.3

14.7

15.4

13.2

18.7

25.7

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province)

1,322.3

1,429.5

1,395.2

32.4

37.4

43.8

21.8

18.8

16.1

07.5

11.7

22.9

France

60.7

63.6

64.2

38.9

42.2

45.1

18.4

17.2

15.9

16.3

20.3

26.4

Greece

11.0

10.8

9.8

40.8

46.3

51.3

14.3

12.7

13.6

19.0

22.3

33.2

Hong Kong (SAR of China)

7.2

8.2

9.4

38.6

44.5

48.5

14.6

12.9

14.5

11.4

16.4

29.6

Indonesia

225.3

261.1

293.8

26.2

31.3

39.9

28.7

23.8

18.0

5.5

7.1

16.9

Italy

57.3

54.3

44.9

42.2

48.5

52.4

13.9

11.7

13.0

19.6

23.7

34.4

Japan

127.9

125.6

109.7

42.8

48.2

53.2

14.0

12.4

13.0

19.7

28.1

36.5

Korea (Republic of)

48.2

50.0

46.4

34.4

42.1

50.2

19.4

14.5

13.8

8.8

14.0

30.5

Malaysia

25.3

31.6

39.6

24.8

29.2

38.3

32.3

25.5

18.4

4.6

7.4

15.7

New Zealand

3.9

4.3

4.5

36.0

39.2

43.7

21.8

18.6

16.3

12.1

16.3

22.9

Papua New Guinea

6.0

7.8

11.1

19.7

23.9

32.8

40.3

31.7

22.3

2.5

3.3

8.8

Singapore

4.4

4.8

4.5

37.5

45.5

52.0

19.6

12.2

12.6

8.4

17.4

30.5

Sweden

8.9

9.0

8.7

41.0

44.3

46.3

17.0

16.0

15.2

17.7

22.7

27.0

United Kingdom

59.6

62.3

66.2

38.8

41.4

43.8

17.9

15.9

16.1

15.9

18.6

23.3

United States of America

300.0

344.3

408.7

35.9

37.0

39.7

21.2

20.0

17.9

12.3

15.9

20.0

Viet Nam

83.6

100.1

117.7

24.9

30.9

40.4

029.4

24.3

17.8

5.4

6.6

18.0

(a) Medium variant projection.(b) United Nations projections for Australia may not agree with ABS projections owing to differences in assumptions and methodology.

Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision <www.esa.un.org/unpp>, accessed 23 April 2003.